Quilling-machine



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J. T. MEATS. QUILLING MACHINE.

' No. 444,499. Patented Jan. 13, 1891.

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J. T. MEATS. QUILLING MAGHI'NE.

No. 444,499. Patented Jan. 13, 1891.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. MEATS, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

QUlLLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,499, dated January13, 1891. Application filed July 8, 1887. Serial No. 243,723. (No mod l.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. MEATS, of Taunton,in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusettahaveinvented an Improvement inQuilling-lllachines, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like let ters on thedrawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the improvement of winding or quillingmachines, whereby greater simplicity, durability, and strength areattained.

My invention consists, essentially, in the frame of a bar having packedbearings for a spindle and provided with a horizontal extended armhaving at its upper side a concaved shelf to receive a full bobbin andhaving a depending horizontally-slotted web integral therewith, combinedwitha detachable guide or trumpet and with a horizontally-ad justableinclined bar attached to the said web, substantially as will bedescribed; also, in the winding or traverse mechanism for distributingthe yarn on the bobbin, of transverse shafts having adjustable guides,springconnected arms, and forked links attached thereto, havingtoe-pieces at th eir inner ends, combined with a cam against theperiphery of which bear the toe-pieces, whereby the traverse mechanismmoves at a faster speed when the yarn is being wound upon the bobbinfrom its point toward its base than when in the opposite direction tolay a long spiral or binding thread,substantially as will be described.

Figure lis avertical cross-section of asufficient port-ion of awinding-machine to enable my invention to be understood. Fig. 2 is apartial front elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1, it representingone thread-guide, trumpet, and spindle in position on one arm 0, andnext to it an arm with the trumpet and thread-guide removed, and nextbeyond an arm 0 in section, the central part of the machine being brokenout to save space in the drawing; and Figs. 3 and 4, details to bereferred to.

The frame-work A, of suitable shape to hold the various parts, has amain drum-shaft A, provided with usual fast and loose pulleys, saidshaft having a spindle-driving drum, as

'A and a toothed gear A which engages a toothed gear B, of likediameter, secured to the shaft B, provided with a second spindledrivingdrum E the said drums in practice actuating bands which are extendedabout them and over the whirls a b, rigidly secured on the spindles a b,all in usual manner, the said bands being herein omitted to avoidunnecessary lines in the drawings.

The spindles a on one side of the machine are placed opposite the spacesbetween the spindles b,rlocated on the other side of the machine, therear ends of the spindles a. terminating beyond both of the bearings 61cl, as shown by the line at the left of Fig. 1, the dotted line 81 atthe right-hand side of the said figure showing the rear end of thespindle b. The said spindles have fast upon them, respectively, whirls ab, embraced by loose yokes a 19 the said yokes having pivoted on themsimilar arms (1. b on which are hung weighted links a b the said armshaving pins 2 to rest upon bifurcated inclined arms (0 b adj ustablyattached by bolts, as 3,

,to a slotted web at the lower portion of the arms a, formed as integralparts of the spindle-bars G, extended lengthwise of the frame, the saidbars 0 being notched at their upper side at 23, as shown in Fig. 2, forthe reception of the spindles ab, the notched portions of the said barsconstituting bearings for the spindles. These bars (1 are groovedlongitudinally at their upper sides, as at 22, (see Fig. 3,) to form achannel for the reception of a suitable packing, as 4, (see Fig. 1,)which, when saturated wit-h oil, constitutes a suitable lubricant forthe spindles. This pack ing and the grooves will be covered by asuitable cap, as cl.

The adjustment of the inclined bars ct b by the bolts 3 enables theapparatus to be adapted to bobbins of different length. The nearer thebolt 3 to the outer end of the slot 6 the shorter the bobbin which canbe wound, for by that much the sooner will the pin2 fall down theinclined heel 12 of the bar upon the support 13, which in practice willpreferably be made hook-shaped, as shown, a short ing 13, projectingbeyond the end of the hook, serving to prevent the bars 00 17 fallingtoo low.

In practice each spindle will have a head or button 10, provided with apin or pins 30,

extending from it outwardly, (see right of Fig. 1,) to enter usualnotches in the base or head of the bobbin, the pins rotating the bobbinin usual manner until the pin 2 of the arm a or b arrives upon theinclined heel 12, when the yoke a or b will be given a quick backwardstroke sufiieient to withdraw the pins of the button 10 from the bobbin,leaving the latter at rest with its end in the guide or trumpet, fromwhich latter it may be readily removed by slightly elevating the base ofthe bobbin, the usual tapering slot (1, enlarging toward the large endof the guide, aiding in permitting the bobbin to be tipped sufficientlyto move the head or base thereof past the washers or buttons 10 and thestuds or pins 30 at the ends of the spindles.

The arms 0, integral with the spindle-bars C, form very stiff and rigidsupports for the shanks 16 of the conical guides or trumpets (2 each ofthe said shanks being adjnstably connected by a bolt, as 9,toa slotteddepending flange or lip S of an arm 0, the said guides being madeadjustable, in order that they may be placed in concentric position withrelation to the spindles. The action of the accumulating yarn on thebobbin guide or trumpet causes the spindle to be pushed inwardly,dragging the arm a or 12 up the incline of the arm a or N, the hardnessof the winding depending upon the inclination of the said arm, theweighted red a orb jointed to the said arm a or at such time travelingthrough the longitudinal slot made in the inclined arm a or b. Thebobbin on the spindle b is shown as having received upon it but a smallamount of yarn; but the bobbin on the spindle a is shown as more nearlyfilled. Extending the armscoutwardly from the bar 0 enables me to keepthe central part of the machines free for the operation of the whirlsand yokes a 6 The upper sides of the arms 0 are eoncaved to serve assupports for the wound bobbins while other bobbins are being applied tothe spindles, or for empty bobbins.

Referring to the traverse mechanism or winding motion which distributesthe yarn upon the bobbin, the guide-eyes f thereof, one for eachspindle, are composed of wire and are severally screwed into a block f,which is clamped upon the rocking traverseshaft f set-nuts f* beingemployed to fix the wires in position after they have been screwed forthe proper distance into the block. Each shaft f has adownwardly-extended arm f slotted as at 14, the said slots receivingwithin them pins or bolts 25 of the sliding forked links 9 g, the saidbolts being adjusted in the said slots 14 according to the length of thetaper of the bobbin to be wound with yarn, and being held in adjustedposition by the washers t t. (See Fig. 2.) Each bolt 25 has a shoulderagainst which the washer t abuts, the said shoulder fitting loosely intoa suitable bearing in the links 9 9.

The lower ends of the arms f at opposite sides of the machine areconnected together by a strong spiral spring f, the latter actingnormally to keep the guide-eyes in their outermost positions and to keepthe toe-pieces 9 adj ustably attached to the said links by screwspressed against the periphery of the cam m. These toe-pieces are slottedand by means of the screws 9 are longitudinally adjustable on the saidlinks to determine the starting and stopping points for the guideeyes f.The cam m referred to, located near one end of the frame, is mountedupon a stud m',-and the hub of the cam at each side is grooved, as at mfor the reception and guidance of the forked inner ends of the links 1g, and, as shown in Fig. 1, the toe'pieces g are secured to the links 9g at opposite sides, thus enabling both toe-pieces to be acted upon byone and the same narrow cam m. The hub of the cam in has attached to ita gear an, engaged and driven by a small pinion m fast on a short shaftwe, having a toothed gear an, engaged and driven by a pinion m (shownbest in Fig. 1, where the frame-work A and beam B are broken out,) thesaid pinion being fast upon the shaft B, carrying the drum B The cam in,driven as described, is shaped as fully shown in the drawings, (see Fig.1,) its periphery having a long graduallyinelined portion and a shortre-entrant portion following, so that the motion imparted by it to thetoe-pieces and links and thence to the thread-guides f is much quickerin one than in the other direction, as thereby the coils of yarn arewound more closely together upon the bobbin when the winding is beingdone from the base of the bobbin toward its small end than in the otherdirection, the yarn wound upon the bobbin while the threadguides aremoving the fastest serving as binding-threads.

I claim 1. The traverse-shaftsf' f having adj ustable guides f,springconnected arms f and forked links g 9' attached thereto, havingtoepieees g at their inner ends, combined with a cam m, against theperiphery of which bear the toe-pieces, substantially as described.

2. The bar 0, .having packed bearings for a spindle and provided with ahorizontal extended arm 0, having at its upper side a concaved shelf toreceive a full bobbin and having a depending horizontally-slotted webi11- tegral therewith, combined with a detachable guide or trumpet andwith a horizontally-adjustable inclined bar a or I), attached to thesaid web, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN T. MEATS.

Witnesses:

BERNICE J. NOYES, C. M. Conn.

